USS Vandegrift (FFG 48)

GULF OF THAILAND (Oct. 24, 2012) The guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) underway with the Royal Cambodian Navy patrol crafts PC 1141 and PC 1108 during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste. The U.S. Navy is reliable, flexible, and ready to respond worldwide on, above, and below the sea. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Robert Clowney/Released)